#49BAE4#49BAE4

#49BAE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.117 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BAE4
RGB	rgb(73, 186, 228)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 18.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -18.84, -30.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 35.70, 238.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0807 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.117 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3045, 42.1319, 79.7081)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BAE4 #E47349

analogous

#49E4C1 #49BAE4 #496DE4

triadic

#49BAE4 #E449BA #BAE449

tetradic

#49BAE4 #C149E4 #E47349 #6DE449

square

#49BAE4 #C149E4 #E47349 #6DE449

split-complementary

#49BAE4 #E4496D #E4C149

monochromatic

#17789C #1FA1D1 #49BAE4 #7ECEEC #B4E2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#49BAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#49BAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BAE4

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BAE4	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 186, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.117 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dceec',
    500: '#49bae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bae4;
$custom-light: #8dceec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.258,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74183,
    "c": 0.11707,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BAE4

secondary

#E3B6A6

accent

#6937F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BAE4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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